Senate votes to repeal decades-old measures that authorized Iraq, Gulf wars
The Senate's passage of the bipartisan legislation comes after years of prior attempts to repeal the war authorizations. The Senate on Wednesday voted to repeal two congressional authorizations from decades ago allowing the use of military force against Iraq, a country then falsely accused of stockpiling chemical and nuclear weapons and now a U.S. security partner in the Gulf region. The measure passed the Democrat-led Senate in a bipartisan 66-30 vote and now heads to the Republican-controlled House. The 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for the Use of Military Force took effect under former Presidents George H. W. Bush and his son, George W. Bush, respectively. Both AUMFs authorized force against Iraq. A third, broader AUMF approved by Congress 2001 was not incorporated into the latest repeal effort because supporters say it is still needed to combat al-Qaeda, the Taliban, ISIS and related terror operations. U.S. Marine Corp assault-man Kirk Dalrymple watches as a statue of Iraq...